Radiologic For Broadcasters

2014-10-19 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello everyone!

At last! At long, long, last!  We finally have a suite of programmes which are 
fully accessible, and which can make it possible for a serious broadcaster 
requiring accessibility to use their Mac as a broadcast system.  When I first 
looked at this software way back in 2010, all I got was the usual “Unknown, 
Unknown, Unknown” when roaming through the various dialogues and windows.  Now, 
however, the entire application has undergone a rewrite, and accessibility is 
100%.  You can do all of the things I’d expect of a broadcasting system, 
including using a dedicated player as a cart machine.

It would have been nice, and I shall be talking to the developer about this in 
the next few days, if we could have had a way to easily import pre-selected 
carts into the dedicated player so that frequently used ones can be accessed 
without having to re-queue each time.  But given the power of this app, that 
really is a minor issue.

There is a superb audio ducking system in this app, the best I’ve ever seen on 
any software solution on any platform.  The nearest comparison I can draw here 
is with my Behringer Audio DJ mixer, and that device absolutely rocks!

The ducking depth can be adjusted, but the default is really well chosen.  What 
I like about this app, amongst other things, is the ability to configure 
multiple preference sets, so that you can use them for different situations 
without having to bother about changing things all the time.  If you don’t like 
the default keyboard shortcuts, you can change them to what suits you best.  
When used alongside something like “iVolume” or even the iTunes Sound Check, 
the output really does have a good dynamic edge to it. Not quite as good as OTS 
AV on Windows, but very very close to it.  Certainly, it is better than things 
like Station Playlist, etc.

Another nice feature is the ability to see how long you need to speak for in 
order to fit your tracks into a typical 6-minute rotation.  The playlist can 
dynamically adapt, when used in conjunction with the Advance Schedular which 
the application uses to create very highly customisable playlists.  You can run 
a 24/7 automated station with this thing, and it stays in sync, other apps fall 
down on this point, but this one is very very accurate.

If your musical genre is not one where you need to do many voiceovers, you can 
just use the thing by pressing a couple of keys to turn of automation and to 
disable ducking.  If ducking is disabled, you don’t get the reduction in your 
music level and, therefore, you don’t need to talk over the intros or outtros 
of your tracks.  You can even publish your station’s activity, live, via either 
the web, or via most of the social networks; Twitter, Facebook, etc.  You don’t 
even have to fiddle around in order to set that up.  Do it once, and you’re 
good to go.

I still need to give this a real run out, but I am confident that, finally, at 
long long last, my quest to find a broadcast system for OS X is over.  Now it 
should just be a case of learning all the ins and outs of the software, and 
then going on air live.  Oh yes, and I forgot to mention.  There is built-in 
support for streaming codecs such as NiceCast, Shoutcast, and Live365.  So you 
can publish, stream, and produce stunning audio.  Oh, I forgot, you can also 
adjust your tracks’ overall pitch by about 5% each way so that you get a 
mega-smooth transition with the track that went before it and the track that 
comes after.  If you do that properly, the listener won’t notice.  They 
actually do that on commercial radio, I’m not sure whether many people know 
that, but they do.

Anyway, I’ll be giving this a run out later in the week so I’ll try and 
pre-record a demo broadcast so that you can hear for yourself just how nice and 
smooth this thing sounds.  It supports multiple output and input devices, so 
that you can, for instance, use one for VoiceOver and your Mac’s internal 
sounds, and another dedicated to Radiologic.  It also supports MIDI-controlled 
mixing, including jog wheel FX and whatever else your controller is capable of 
doing.

Sorry this overview has been a little like a ramble, but I just wrote it 
on-the-fly, without taking the time to structure my thoughts.  But I’m excited 
about this as a broadcaster because finally, without paying really top prices, 
we have something that will mix it with the best of them.  I have personally 
tried software on Windows which costs literally thousands of Dollars, and it 
doesn’t sound as good as this thing does.  For example, Myriad, which is the 
software that 99% of professionals use in their studios, Myriad doesn’t come 
across as smooth as this and even for the small networks that thing costs 
almost $1500 US for just a year’s hire.  Wow, finally, we rock the boat!  Bring 
on RadioLogik, and it’s worth dropping the developer a line as I plan too, in 
order to start a dialogue with him.  There are just one or two little areas 

Re: Radiologic For Broadcasters

2014-10-19 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Nice. How much is this? I might save up for it and use  it next year for a live 
event I'm hopefully going to, and to test my linode out of corse. lol!

Be blessed.
 On Oct 19, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote:
 
 Hello everyone!
 
 At last! At long, long, last!  We finally have a suite of programmes which 
 are fully accessible, and which can make it possible for a serious 
 broadcaster requiring accessibility to use their Mac as a broadcast system.  
 When I first looked at this software way back in 2010, all I got was the 
 usual “Unknown, Unknown, Unknown” when roaming through the various dialogues 
 and windows.  Now, however, the entire application has undergone a rewrite, 
 and accessibility is 100%.  You can do all of the things I’d expect of a 
 broadcasting system, including using a dedicated player as a cart machine.
 
 It would have been nice, and I shall be talking to the developer about this 
 in the next few days, if we could have had a way to easily import 
 pre-selected carts into the dedicated player so that frequently used ones can 
 be accessed without having to re-queue each time.  But given the power of 
 this app, that really is a minor issue.
 
 There is a superb audio ducking system in this app, the best I’ve ever seen 
 on any software solution on any platform.  The nearest comparison I can draw 
 here is with my Behringer Audio DJ mixer, and that device absolutely rocks!
 
 The ducking depth can be adjusted, but the default is really well chosen.  
 What I like about this app, amongst other things, is the ability to configure 
 multiple preference sets, so that you can use them for different situations 
 without having to bother about changing things all the time.  If you don’t 
 like the default keyboard shortcuts, you can change them to what suits you 
 best.  When used alongside something like “iVolume” or even the iTunes Sound 
 Check, the output really does have a good dynamic edge to it. Not quite as 
 good as OTS AV on Windows, but very very close to it.  Certainly, it is 
 better than things like Station Playlist, etc.
 
 Another nice feature is the ability to see how long you need to speak for in 
 order to fit your tracks into a typical 6-minute rotation.  The playlist can 
 dynamically adapt, when used in conjunction with the Advance Schedular which 
 the application uses to create very highly customisable playlists.  You can 
 run a 24/7 automated station with this thing, and it stays in sync, other 
 apps fall down on this point, but this one is very very accurate.
 
 If your musical genre is not one where you need to do many voiceovers, you 
 can just use the thing by pressing a couple of keys to turn of automation and 
 to disable ducking.  If ducking is disabled, you don’t get the reduction in 
 your music level and, therefore, you don’t need to talk over the intros or 
 outtros of your tracks.  You can even publish your station’s activity, live, 
 via either the web, or via most of the social networks; Twitter, Facebook, 
 etc.  You don’t even have to fiddle around in order to set that up.  Do it 
 once, and you’re good to go.
 
 I still need to give this a real run out, but I am confident that, finally, 
 at long long last, my quest to find a broadcast system for OS X is over.  Now 
 it should just be a case of learning all the ins and outs of the software, 
 and then going on air live.  Oh yes, and I forgot to mention.  There is 
 built-in support for streaming codecs such as NiceCast, Shoutcast, and 
 Live365.  So you can publish, stream, and produce stunning audio.  Oh, I 
 forgot, you can also adjust your tracks’ overall pitch by about 5% each way 
 so that you get a mega-smooth transition with the track that went before it 
 and the track that comes after.  If you do that properly, the listener won’t 
 notice.  They actually do that on commercial radio, I’m not sure whether many 
 people know that, but they do.
 
 Anyway, I’ll be giving this a run out later in the week so I’ll try and 
 pre-record a demo broadcast so that you can hear for yourself just how nice 
 and smooth this thing sounds.  It supports multiple output and input devices, 
 so that you can, for instance, use one for VoiceOver and your Mac’s internal 
 sounds, and another dedicated to Radiologic.  It also supports 
 MIDI-controlled mixing, including jog wheel FX and whatever else your 
 controller is capable of doing.
 
 Sorry this overview has been a little like a ramble, but I just wrote it 
 on-the-fly, without taking the time to structure my thoughts.  But I’m 
 excited about this as a broadcaster because finally, without paying really 
 top prices, we have something that will mix it with the best of them.  I have 
 personally tried software on Windows which costs literally thousands of 
 Dollars, and it doesn’t sound as good as this thing does.  For example, 
 Myriad, which is the software that 99% of professionals use in their studios, 
 Myriad doesn’t come 

Re: Radiologic For Broadcasters

2014-10-19 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Wow. I looked at the website and this thing sounds ausome. I am def saving up 
the $99 to get it but I grabbed the trial.

Thanks so so so much for this.  I'm so so excited.
 On Oct 19, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote:
 
 Hello everyone!
 
 At last! At long, long, last!  We finally have a suite of programmes which 
 are fully accessible, and which can make it possible for a serious 
 broadcaster requiring accessibility to use their Mac as a broadcast system.  
 When I first looked at this software way back in 2010, all I got was the 
 usual “Unknown, Unknown, Unknown” when roaming through the various dialogues 
 and windows.  Now, however, the entire application has undergone a rewrite, 
 and accessibility is 100%.  You can do all of the things I’d expect of a 
 broadcasting system, including using a dedicated player as a cart machine.
 
 It would have been nice, and I shall be talking to the developer about this 
 in the next few days, if we could have had a way to easily import 
 pre-selected carts into the dedicated player so that frequently used ones can 
 be accessed without having to re-queue each time.  But given the power of 
 this app, that really is a minor issue.
 
 There is a superb audio ducking system in this app, the best I’ve ever seen 
 on any software solution on any platform.  The nearest comparison I can draw 
 here is with my Behringer Audio DJ mixer, and that device absolutely rocks!
 
 The ducking depth can be adjusted, but the default is really well chosen.  
 What I like about this app, amongst other things, is the ability to configure 
 multiple preference sets, so that you can use them for different situations 
 without having to bother about changing things all the time.  If you don’t 
 like the default keyboard shortcuts, you can change them to what suits you 
 best.  When used alongside something like “iVolume” or even the iTunes Sound 
 Check, the output really does have a good dynamic edge to it. Not quite as 
 good as OTS AV on Windows, but very very close to it.  Certainly, it is 
 better than things like Station Playlist, etc.
 
 Another nice feature is the ability to see how long you need to speak for in 
 order to fit your tracks into a typical 6-minute rotation.  The playlist can 
 dynamically adapt, when used in conjunction with the Advance Schedular which 
 the application uses to create very highly customisable playlists.  You can 
 run a 24/7 automated station with this thing, and it stays in sync, other 
 apps fall down on this point, but this one is very very accurate.
 
 If your musical genre is not one where you need to do many voiceovers, you 
 can just use the thing by pressing a couple of keys to turn of automation and 
 to disable ducking.  If ducking is disabled, you don’t get the reduction in 
 your music level and, therefore, you don’t need to talk over the intros or 
 outtros of your tracks.  You can even publish your station’s activity, live, 
 via either the web, or via most of the social networks; Twitter, Facebook, 
 etc.  You don’t even have to fiddle around in order to set that up.  Do it 
 once, and you’re good to go.
 
 I still need to give this a real run out, but I am confident that, finally, 
 at long long last, my quest to find a broadcast system for OS X is over.  Now 
 it should just be a case of learning all the ins and outs of the software, 
 and then going on air live.  Oh yes, and I forgot to mention.  There is 
 built-in support for streaming codecs such as NiceCast, Shoutcast, and 
 Live365.  So you can publish, stream, and produce stunning audio.  Oh, I 
 forgot, you can also adjust your tracks’ overall pitch by about 5% each way 
 so that you get a mega-smooth transition with the track that went before it 
 and the track that comes after.  If you do that properly, the listener won’t 
 notice.  They actually do that on commercial radio, I’m not sure whether many 
 people know that, but they do.
 
 Anyway, I’ll be giving this a run out later in the week so I’ll try and 
 pre-record a demo broadcast so that you can hear for yourself just how nice 
 and smooth this thing sounds.  It supports multiple output and input devices, 
 so that you can, for instance, use one for VoiceOver and your Mac’s internal 
 sounds, and another dedicated to Radiologic.  It also supports 
 MIDI-controlled mixing, including jog wheel FX and whatever else your 
 controller is capable of doing.
 
 Sorry this overview has been a little like a ramble, but I just wrote it 
 on-the-fly, without taking the time to structure my thoughts.  But I’m 
 excited about this as a broadcaster because finally, without paying really 
 top prices, we have something that will mix it with the best of them.  I have 
 personally tried software on Windows which costs literally thousands of 
 Dollars, and it doesn’t sound as good as this thing does.  For example, 
 Myriad, which is the software that 99% of professionals use in their studios, 
 Myriad 

Re: Radiologic For Broadcasters

2014-10-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
I notice that they recommend you use Nicecast for streaming the output 
to the Internet? Good choice, glas I registered Nicecast long ago, I was 
able to do some fairly nifty stuff with that App along with iTunes, VLC etc.


On 20/10/2014 6:28 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:

Wow. I looked at the website and this thing sounds ausome. I am def saving up 
the $99 to get it but I grabbed the trial.

Thanks so so so much for this.  I'm so so excited.

On Oct 19, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote:

Hello everyone!

At last! At long, long, last!  We finally have a suite of programmes which are 
fully accessible, and which can make it possible for a serious broadcaster 
requiring accessibility to use their Mac as a broadcast system.  When I first 
looked at this software way back in 2010, all I got was the usual “Unknown, 
Unknown, Unknown” when roaming through the various dialogues and windows.  Now, 
however, the entire application has undergone a rewrite, and accessibility is 
100%.  You can do all of the things I’d expect of a broadcasting system, 
including using a dedicated player as a cart machine.

It would have been nice, and I shall be talking to the developer about this in 
the next few days, if we could have had a way to easily import pre-selected 
carts into the dedicated player so that frequently used ones can be accessed 
without having to re-queue each time.  But given the power of this app, that 
really is a minor issue.

There is a superb audio ducking system in this app, the best I’ve ever seen on 
any software solution on any platform.  The nearest comparison I can draw here 
is with my Behringer Audio DJ mixer, and that device absolutely rocks!

The ducking depth can be adjusted, but the default is really well chosen.  What 
I like about this app, amongst other things, is the ability to configure 
multiple preference sets, so that you can use them for different situations 
without having to bother about changing things all the time.  If you don’t like 
the default keyboard shortcuts, you can change them to what suits you best.  
When used alongside something like “iVolume” or even the iTunes Sound Check, 
the output really does have a good dynamic edge to it. Not quite as good as OTS 
AV on Windows, but very very close to it.  Certainly, it is better than things 
like Station Playlist, etc.

Another nice feature is the ability to see how long you need to speak for in 
order to fit your tracks into a typical 6-minute rotation.  The playlist can 
dynamically adapt, when used in conjunction with the Advance Schedular which 
the application uses to create very highly customisable playlists.  You can run 
a 24/7 automated station with this thing, and it stays in sync, other apps fall 
down on this point, but this one is very very accurate.

If your musical genre is not one where you need to do many voiceovers, you can 
just use the thing by pressing a couple of keys to turn of automation and to 
disable ducking.  If ducking is disabled, you don’t get the reduction in your 
music level and, therefore, you don’t need to talk over the intros or outtros 
of your tracks.  You can even publish your station’s activity, live, via either 
the web, or via most of the social networks; Twitter, Facebook, etc.  You don’t 
even have to fiddle around in order to set that up.  Do it once, and you’re 
good to go.

I still need to give this a real run out, but I am confident that, finally, at 
long long last, my quest to find a broadcast system for OS X is over.  Now it 
should just be a case of learning all the ins and outs of the software, and 
then going on air live.  Oh yes, and I forgot to mention.  There is built-in 
support for streaming codecs such as NiceCast, Shoutcast, and Live365.  So you 
can publish, stream, and produce stunning audio.  Oh, I forgot, you can also 
adjust your tracks’ overall pitch by about 5% each way so that you get a 
mega-smooth transition with the track that went before it and the track that 
comes after.  If you do that properly, the listener won’t notice.  They 
actually do that on commercial radio, I’m not sure whether many people know 
that, but they do.

Anyway, I’ll be giving this a run out later in the week so I’ll try and 
pre-record a demo broadcast so that you can hear for yourself just how nice and 
smooth this thing sounds.  It supports multiple output and input devices, so 
that you can, for instance, use one for VoiceOver and your Mac’s internal 
sounds, and another dedicated to Radiologic.  It also supports MIDI-controlled 
mixing, including jog wheel FX and whatever else your controller is capable of 
doing.

Sorry this overview has been a little like a ramble, but I just wrote it on-the-fly, 
without taking the time to structure my thoughts.  But I’m excited about this as a 
broadcaster because finally, without paying really top prices, we have something that 
will mix it with the best of them.  I have personally tried software on Windows 

Re: Radiologic For Broadcasters

2014-10-19 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Yeah I love nice cast. it just sits there while I just do my stuff. I just 
stremaed 3 hours of a skype conversation wiht it.

Tale care. 
 On Oct 19, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:
 
 I notice that they recommend you use Nicecast for streaming the output to the 
 Internet? Good choice, glas I registered Nicecast long ago, I was able to do 
 some fairly nifty stuff with that App along with iTunes, VLC etc.
 
 On 20/10/2014 6:28 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:
 Wow. I looked at the website and this thing sounds ausome. I am def saving 
 up the $99 to get it but I grabbed the trial.
 
 Thanks so so so much for this.  I'm so so excited.
 On Oct 19, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote:
 
 Hello everyone!
 
 At last! At long, long, last!  We finally have a suite of programmes which 
 are fully accessible, and which can make it possible for a serious 
 broadcaster requiring accessibility to use their Mac as a broadcast system. 
  When I first looked at this software way back in 2010, all I got was the 
 usual “Unknown, Unknown, Unknown” when roaming through the various 
 dialogues and windows.  Now, however, the entire application has undergone 
 a rewrite, and accessibility is 100%.  You can do all of the things I’d 
 expect of a broadcasting system, including using a dedicated player as a 
 cart machine.
 
 It would have been nice, and I shall be talking to the developer about this 
 in the next few days, if we could have had a way to easily import 
 pre-selected carts into the dedicated player so that frequently used ones 
 can be accessed without having to re-queue each time.  But given the power 
 of this app, that really is a minor issue.
 
 There is a superb audio ducking system in this app, the best I’ve ever seen 
 on any software solution on any platform.  The nearest comparison I can 
 draw here is with my Behringer Audio DJ mixer, and that device absolutely 
 rocks!
 
 The ducking depth can be adjusted, but the default is really well chosen.  
 What I like about this app, amongst other things, is the ability to 
 configure multiple preference sets, so that you can use them for different 
 situations without having to bother about changing things all the time.  If 
 you don’t like the default keyboard shortcuts, you can change them to what 
 suits you best.  When used alongside something like “iVolume” or even the 
 iTunes Sound Check, the output really does have a good dynamic edge to it. 
 Not quite as good as OTS AV on Windows, but very very close to it.  
 Certainly, it is better than things like Station Playlist, etc.
 
 Another nice feature is the ability to see how long you need to speak for 
 in order to fit your tracks into a typical 6-minute rotation.  The playlist 
 can dynamically adapt, when used in conjunction with the Advance Schedular 
 which the application uses to create very highly customisable playlists.  
 You can run a 24/7 automated station with this thing, and it stays in sync, 
 other apps fall down on this point, but this one is very very accurate.
 
 If your musical genre is not one where you need to do many voiceovers, you 
 can just use the thing by pressing a couple of keys to turn of automation 
 and to disable ducking.  If ducking is disabled, you don’t get the 
 reduction in your music level and, therefore, you don’t need to talk over 
 the intros or outtros of your tracks.  You can even publish your station’s 
 activity, live, via either the web, or via most of the social networks; 
 Twitter, Facebook, etc.  You don’t even have to fiddle around in order to 
 set that up.  Do it once, and you’re good to go.
 
 I still need to give this a real run out, but I am confident that, finally, 
 at long long last, my quest to find a broadcast system for OS X is over.  
 Now it should just be a case of learning all the ins and outs of the 
 software, and then going on air live.  Oh yes, and I forgot to mention.  
 There is built-in support for streaming codecs such as NiceCast, Shoutcast, 
 and Live365.  So you can publish, stream, and produce stunning audio.  Oh, 
 I forgot, you can also adjust your tracks’ overall pitch by about 5% each 
 way so that you get a mega-smooth transition with the track that went 
 before it and the track that comes after.  If you do that properly, the 
 listener won’t notice.  They actually do that on commercial radio, I’m not 
 sure whether many people know that, but they do.
 
 Anyway, I’ll be giving this a run out later in the week so I’ll try and 
 pre-record a demo broadcast so that you can hear for yourself just how nice 
 and smooth this thing sounds.  It supports multiple output and input 
 devices, so that you can, for instance, use one for VoiceOver and your 
 Mac’s internal sounds, and another dedicated to Radiologic.  It also 
 supports MIDI-controlled mixing, including jog wheel FX and whatever else 
 your controller is capable of doing.
 
 Sorry this overview has been a little like